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Shyla

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~7,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,298 among girls
Births in 2025
79 8,026 since 1880
Typical age
20 years, median

Shyla popularity over time

Shyla rank by birth year, 1942–2025Shyla ranked #3,738 in 1942 and #2,298 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #797, in 2008.#1,000#2,298best #797 in 20081960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1942–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Shyla in 2008 than in any other year — 365 of them. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1942. The 2025 position is #2,298, on 79 births.

Compared with 2015, births are down 50%. It slipped 446 places against the previous year.

Babies named Shyla per yearPeaks at 365 births in 2008.365 in 200801960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Shyla?

An estimated 7,900 living Americans are called Shyla. That is out of 8,026 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Shyla?

Half of living Shylas are older than 20, half younger. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Shyla a millennial-era name.

Your Shyla

Ages of living people named ShylaHalf of living Shylas are older than 20 and half younger.median 20020406080
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Shyla is most common

Relative to births, California carries 1.4× the national share of Shylas. Florida and Arizona follow.

Where Shyla is used more than average3 states use the name Shyla more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.4× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 1.3× the national rateAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.3× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Shyla is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 182 1.4×
Florida 82 1.3×
Arizona 28 1.3×

Shyla in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Shyla ranked #2,006 in 2025 on 14 births. That is 42% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Shyla comes from

A 20th-century coinage, possibly inspired by Sheila.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

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